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(CNN) - Like so many good stories, it started with a memorable night.
Rino Dubokovic, a university student in Zagreb, was enjoying a drink with his friends when they began exchanging their funniest stories about the hangover.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to him: "A kind of collection where all these objects of drunk stories would be exhibited along with their stories."
Six months later, in the building next to where the drunk night had taken place, there it was: the Hangover Museum.
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It's not about glorifying drunkenness: Dubokovic says the museum shows the negative aspects of drinking and doesn't celebrate the culture of alcohol. (Courtesy of the Hangover Museum)
The exhibition includes objects that people inexplicably found the morning after a night of drunkenness, a room where visitors can try their reflections after putting on “beer glasses” and an interactive section where they can share their best and worst hangover experiences .
The gift shop is also ironic, and sells a “drunkenness” board game and bar activities, such as darts.
Shared experiences: founder Rino Dubokovic says that many visitors end up laughing at the exhibits. (Courtesy of the Hangover Museum)
Dubokovic, who is originally from the island of Hvar and studies computer science, told CNN Travel that the museum's goal is not to glorify excessive indulgence. Rather, it is a physical representation of the types of conversations he had with his friends, where everyone shared stories and joined them things they did in the past.
"In the future, we want people to become aware of bad things related to alcohol," he adds.
The museum, which opened on December 1, remains what Dubokovic calls a "proof concept." As the reaction has been positive so far, he hopes to obtain additional funds to make the Hangover Museum a larger and more permanent establishment.
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I woke up like this: the museum encourages visitors to share their own anecdotes. (Courtesy of the Hangover Museum)
This is not the first non-orthodox museum that opens in Zagreb.
In 2010, the Croatian capital welcomed the Museum of Broken Relations, founded by an ex-partner who encouraged visitors to donate items related to their own romantic breakups.
The collection grew to include everything from wrinkled receipts to an abandoned wedding dress. Finally, it was so successful that a second location opened in Los Angeles six years later.
As for Dubokovic, his own personal hangover museum would definitely include a menu of a food delivery application.
"I order pizza when I'm hangover because I'm too lazy to do something," he says.
The good thing is that I had no hangover when it was time to do the job of creating a museum.
The Hangover Museum is located at 8 Preradovićeva Street, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.